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Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
- Date
- 1850-1969
- By
- Denniston Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers; Miller, Bill, active 1960-1977
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0541
- Description
Union agreements, allowances and rules, letter book 1967-1968, charts, photographs, notes relating to the development of mining and unionism in the Buller region and the development of Westport. Includes information on the railway strike of 1950-1951.
Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.15 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, printed and photocopied material
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 8 folder(s), 0.15 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss, printed and photocopied material
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Notes on coal mining in the Waimangaroa/Denniston/Burnett's Face areas
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-3
Description: Notes on coal mining in the Waimangaroa/Denniston/Burnetts Face areas tracing the development of mining there; notes relating to the Denniston incline and inclines that bring coal from Denniston to Conn's Creek (Waimangaroa); Mr Robert Austen Young; Westland Coal Company; sketch showing Orepuki Coal and shale field; notes on Denniston mines; brief history of the Denniston inclines, etc, by Arnold Openshaw, late colliery manager Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
Newspaper extract re Millerton tragedy
Date: 7 Jul 1932
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-7
Description: Extract from the Grey River Argus, 7 Jul 1932 re the Millerton tragedy and gas dangers in mines Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
History of Westport and Buller District
Date: [ca 1967]
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-5
Description: History of Westport and the Buller area; Buller District - brief notes for one day airway excursion from Westport; Coal Mines National Agreement [1967] Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces). Physical Description: Typescript (copy) and printed matter Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
Papers
Date: n d
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-8
Description: Extracts from the book `Datus' - a chronology of New Zealand from the time of the moa / by George Finn; Chronicle of important events in the history of new Zealand / by George Finn Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
Records
Date: 1937, 1956-1958, 1967-1969
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-1
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
Mines reports and statements
Date: 1888 1904-1924 1924-1940
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-4
Description: Mines report for year ended 31 March 1888; comparison of coal output with coal imported into NZ, 1904-1924; statements, 1924-1940 - notes and figures recorded at irregular intervals about mining in the Buller district Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
The story of the railway strike of 1950-1951 - A railway worker's view of the handling ...
Date: 1950 - 1951
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-6
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.
Letterbook
Date: 1967-1968
From: Denniston Coal Miners Industrial Union of Workers : Miscellaneous records
Reference: MS-Papers-0541-2
Description: Printed by Standard Press, Wellington Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Processing information: Access restrictions removed April 2023.